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Live Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos from real Travellersen-usSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:00:02 +0000Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:00:02 +0000BucharestWednesday July 29 2015 The train arrived in Bucharest on time at 615am. Im not a fan of arriving so early but this time I had a hostel to go to so it was not a problem. I got some money at an ATM and then took the metro to the hostel. I had to https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Muntenia/Bucharest/blog-893373.html
ChisinauSunday July 26 2015 The train arrived in Chisinau the capital city of Moldova at 9am rather than at 830am. I started to think that my plan for getting to the monastery today might really not work out as the bus left at 1020 and I still had to chehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-893227.html
LvivThursday July 23 2015 I woke up sometime around 4am when the woman on the train with me left to go to the bathroom. She couldnt unlock the door so she had to wake up her son to help. They were quiet but I am a light sleeper. An hour later I got uphttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-892956.html
KievJuly 20 2015 Today was a transition day. I left Cyprus and headed for Ukraine. I had some time in the morning so I repacked my things for the flight and then went out to take a few more pictures. Hot though so I came back quite quickly. For breakfashttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/blog-892955.html
Limassol and Ancient KourionJuly 18 2015 This morning ended up being quite the kerfuffle. I woke up at 7am had breakfast internetted got ready and left the guesthouse by 825 for my 9am bus. Of course I got lost on the way to the bus station. It was actually much closer than exhttps://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Limassol/blog-891784.html
PafosJuly 16 2015 Today is my nephew's 15th birthday. Seriously when did that happen He was just 6. This morning I woke up before my alarm as always. Had my breakfast packed up and headed out at 725am for the 8am bus. I made it with no trouble and evehttps://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Paphos/blog-891615.html
Nicosia a divided capitalJuly 14 2015 Today I got up around 7am and started to get ready for the day. I had to repack and have breakfast and then I walked back to the beach where I could get the intercity bus to Nicosia the capital. The bus left at 9am and I arrived aroundhttps://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Nicosia/blog-891429.html
LarnacaJuly 13 2015 Apparently Paul did not get the memo. He came at 2am a full hour early. I was asleep and pretty freaked out when the bell rang and then I was a bit out of it while I got ready. He helped me get a taxi outside and I got to the airport a https://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-891428.html
The Georgia Military Highway Birthday ExtravaganzaJuly 12 2015 I had to get up early to get to the pickup point by 910. The subway connections went well and I got there early. The van was coming to get me in front of a Marriot so I went in to use the bathroom. They were a little late getting therhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Northern-Georgia/blog-891427.html
Davit GarejaJuly 11 2015 This morning I watched a documentary about Canadian wildlife while I started to repack my things. There was a Native American following the animals taking pictures during a full year in all weather conditions. It was narrated by someone https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/blog-891426.html
A day tour from Yerevan to TbilisiJuly 10 2015 I woke up feeling good today. I even had breakfast some bread and a hardboiled egg. Finished packing and went upstairs for the day tour back to Tbilisi at 900. There were six others in the group including Americans. Such a surprisehttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Armenia/North/blog-891424.html
Garni and GeghardJuly 9 2015 Today went pretty well. I woke up feeling much better. No stomach ache no gastrointestinal problems. Amazing I took a couple more charcoal tablets and kept drinking that hideous liter of rehydration saltsso disgusting. But it worked. https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Armenia/West/Yerevan/blog-890481.html
A night to rememberJuly 7 2015 Disclaimer be warned that this entry has disgusting bodily functions mentionedThe train ride to Yerevan from Batumi went quite well actually. I left the guesthouse at 230pm giving myself an hour to get to the train station befhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Armenia/West/Yerevan/blog-889760.html
BatumiSaturday July 4 This morning Zurab and his wife drove me to the bus station on their way to their summer home. Such a relief as it was difficult trying to plan how to get here easily and cheaply. They dropped me off at 830am and I went in to the ofhttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Adjara/Batumi/blog-889756.html
Spanish finally has a use in AsiaThursday July 2 Today I was brave and took my first minibus marshrutka to Gori Stalins hometown. First stop was the Stalin museum where the driver politely dropped me off. The exhibits were written in Georgian and Russian with little English shttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Southern-Georgia/Gori/blog-889753.html
Holy placescontinued from June 30 Tbilisi blogAt 615pm Paul and Giga were back and we were off to Mskheta the old capital of Georgia and what is still the most holy place in the country due to the churches there. We visited two Orthodox churches and I had tohttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Eastern-Georgia/Mtskheta/blog-889762.html
No not that GeorgiaJune 29 2015 Today was a long day. I woke up early had breakfast with Jeroen and then we said goodbye for five weeks. After he left for work I had a little more time to finish packing and getting things in order. Said goodbye to the cats and I washttps://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/blog-889752.html
Sveti NaumThe last day in Ohrid I took a boat ride of the lake that went to Sveti Naum the same monastery. It was an hour and a half ride and I was really doing it for the boat ride. What I didn't know was that the boat would stay there for 3.5 hours before cominghttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-850008.html
BitolaI came here a bit on a whim in order to see another Macedonian town. It's pretty cute and I really liked the guesthouse where I stayed.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Bitola/blog-852175.html
SkopjeThe capital of Macedonia Skopje has a LOT of statues. And sun like most of the Balkans in the summer. When I got here I decided to change my plane ticket to come home a week earlier. I realized I could still see what I wanted to see and be home with morhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Skopje/blog-852177.html
PristinaI originally planned to come to Kosovo for a few days seeing more than just the capital and I think that would have been a much better decision. Frankly Pristina is just boring. At least as a day trip. There was not much to see. It is a new city and sthttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Kosovo/Centre/Prishtina/blog-852181.html
SofiaSofia was not a city I expected much from but I quite liked it. I stayed in a kind of weird hostel but also liked that mostly due to the woman who worked there. I had my own room the first time and then stayed in a dorm when I returned before getting thttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bulgaria/Sofia-City-/Sofia/blog-852182.html
Veliko TarnovoA lot of people love this place but I couldn't get a real feel for it. But I did stay in a hostel that someone recommended not to go to for two reasons 1. they had a four person dorm to themselves and it was too quiet and 2. they had a 3 month old kitten.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bulgaria/Veliko-Tarnovo-Province/Veliko-Tarnovo/blog-852184.html
PlovdivSeriously adorable town. Loved it. Everything was pictureworthy.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bulgaria/Plovdiv-Province/Plovdiv/blog-852183.html
ThessalonikiFinal stop on my itinerary. I rented a place on airbnb that someone in Skopje had recommended. First airbnb this trip as most cities had nothing much to offer in this part of the world. It was great I rented a room and got the whole place because the wohttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Macedonia/Thessaloniki/blog-852185.html
VerginaToday I took a day trip to the museum that houses the tombs of Alexander the Greats father and son. It is a cool place the museum is actually built around the actual tombs so they are in situ. There were no photos allowed however so none of the coolnehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Macedonia/Vergina/blog-852186.html
Balkans reflectionsIn general on this trip there were several things that were consistent. People were very friendly everywhere. It's hard to believe they have problems with each other politically since they are overall so nice. There was a heavy meatbased cuisine withhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-852283.html
Podgorica and beyondThis part of my trip was another special time because I was again able to reconnect with friends. I met Karsten and Birte in Borneo ten years ago when I first traveled on my own. They were doing a year or so abroad and I think inspired me to do the samehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Podgorica/blog-849772.html
KotorOf course when anyone thinks of Montenegro they think of the coast. Kotor has a beautiful old city and is at the coast perfect.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-849773.html
PerastI took a day trip to Perast just to see another town on the coast as well as to go out to the island with a church on it. It was another cute place.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/blog-849774.html
TiranaI was lucky getting to Tirana as the buses from Kotor to Tirana require several changes but the hostel in Kotor another dorm had a shuttle service if enough people signed up. Luckily they did. I talked mostly to a Danish couple and a little with a Norhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-849775.html
DurresA day trip. Not so much to see here in the end but was proud of myself for finding the minibus here and back. https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Durres/blog-849776.html
BeratToday I got a ride with the Norwegians to Berat. It was a really rainy day to begin with and we left quite late which always annoys me. But after talking to someone else later on I found out how lucky I was to get a ride as there is no bus station in Thttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Berat/blog-849891.html
GjirokasterOn our drive to Saranda in the south of Albania we stopped at Gjirokaster to see the castle there.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/South/Gjirokaster/blog-849892.html
SarandaWe arrived in Saranda late yesterday evening and I didn't have a place to stay. They dropped me off and I found a guy with a sign so went back to his hotel with him. It was ok so I decided to stay though it was about 20 minutes walk out of town. And bahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/South/Sarand-/blog-849893.html
CorfuCorfu is a Greek island only an hour ferry ride from Saranda so I decided to go there for a day trip. My first time in Greece I've always wanted to go to Greece but so far have never made it there. Corfu was ok but not as great as I expected. The best https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Ionian-Islands/Corfu/blog-849897.html
Lake OhridThis was my first stop in Macedonia and one of my favorite places of the trip. Getting here from Saranda however was not my favorite. In itself getting here was quite an accomplishment. There is only one bus a day I could take to a town called Korca https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-850004.html
Mostar day tripToday I went on a long day trip from Sarajevo to Mostar and part of the reason I did was because a friend of mine did this a year or two ago and highly recommended this tour guide and his company. When I arrived in the morning I was a little disappointedhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/South/Mostar/blog-849769.html
SarajevoFrom Belgrade Mirela helped me arrange a shuttle bus that picks you up and drops you off in Sarajevo where you would like. This was especially helpful as it rained most of the day. I left quite early in the morning around 6am and was in Sarajevo by lunchhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-849766.html
Novi SadToday Mirela took me to Novi Sad a town about an hour north of Belgrade. A cute place and they were getting ready to host a huge music festival called the Exit festival a couple weeks after I would be there.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-849764.html
BelgradeMy initial intention was to write blogs this summer as I had in the past but honestly ain't nobody got time for that. So while I've uploaded pictures from each place I've written very little to go along with it this time. For most of you looking that https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/West/Belgrade/blog-849760.html
Grand BallonSunday August 11 2013 Last night we talked about heading to the alps for the day but never really made a good plan so it seemed unlikely at best. By noon today it was clear that wasn39t going to happen but we did make it out of the house actually.https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/blog-802267.html
LokrumSunday August 4 Today is the last full day of seeing new things on this trip. Tomorrow I start my journey back to Split and then to Basel the next day. I am still excited to get home but sad that the vacation is ending and work is beginning. Surely tehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/blog-801239.html
DubrovnikSaturday August 3 As if we knew what to do at 530 in the morning. We got up even earlier than before and headed out at 520 to the bus stop near the apartment to catch the bus to the main bus station. We waited for a while but the bus did not come ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Dubrovnik/blog-801130.html
TrogirThursday August 1 This morning we made some eggs for breakfast and then took the boat to Trogir a city with a medieval old town. The boat ride took an hour and I enjoyed seeing the shore from a boat for a change. We arrived around lunch time so we phttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Trogir/blog-800723.html
SplitWednesday July 31 Another early day indeed. We were up at 530 and not super quiet for our roommates. Not quite payback because I wasnt that loud but it was nice to not worry too much about being quiet since they werent worried last night. We https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Split/blog-800722.html
ZadarSunday July 30 Last night did not in fact involve the newest episode of True Blood but there will be time for tv later. We got up early as always because as Tina is learning traveling with me is fun and we got to the bus station 15 minutes earlyhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Zadar/blog-800721.html
Plitvice National ParkSunday July 28 Another early day. Up before 6am out before 7am. We had a bus to catch at 730 and werent sure when the tram would come. We also didnt know where to buy a tram ticket so early so we went on without one and hoped for the best. It https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Central-Croatia/Plitvice-Lakes-National-Park/blog-800720.html
ZagrebFriday July 26 Today was got up at 530am. We wanted to take the bus back to Ljubljana at 625am so that we could get the 815am train to Zagreb. The next train wasnt until 245pm and we would have wasted the day. The bus came on time and got us tohttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Central-Croatia/Zagreb/blog-799836.html
Vintgar GorgeThursday July 25 This morning when we woke up at 7am the weather was a little cloudy but it cleared up quite nicely by the time we got the bus to Vintgar gorge at 9am. The gorge was part of a national park and it was beautiful. They built a wooden walhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/blog-799835.html
Lake BohinjWednesday July 24 We had plans to go to a nearby gorge today but we woke up at 7am for the 9am bus to get there there was one at 9am and one at 10am and it looked like rain. We didnt know what it was like exactly but thought it would be a bettehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola//blog-799834.html
BledTuesday July 23 Today Tina and I got up early and had breakfast at the hostel. Nice to have it included but so much of it not healthy. We walked to the bus station a little early and got there at just about 9am. There was a bus loading up and nearly rhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Bled/blog-799833.html
Skocjan caveMonday July 22 Today I took the train to Divaca about an hour and a half from Ljubljana. My actual destination however was the Skocjan cave system. I took the train at 812 because it is one of few trains that have a direct bus connection to the cavehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/blog-799832.html
LjubljanaSaturday July 20 Days of the week have lost all meaning for me. I actually had to look on my computer to know what day it is today. The train to Ljubljana today was such a different experience than yesterdays nightmare. I did not need a seat reservahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Ljubljana/blog-799831.html
KeszthelyWednesday July 17 Today was just hectic. I had breakfast in the hotel eggs and ham another new one and then went to the bus station for my bus to Balatonfured on Lake Balaton the largest lake in Hungary. I actually didnt find a place to stay https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Transdanubia/Lake-Balaton/blog-797276.html
SopronTuesday July 16 Today was a daytrip to Sopron. I started with breakfast in my hotel again and this time it was a woman who spoke to me in German. Its much more common for Hungarians to speak German than English it seems. But they are so close thttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Western-Transdanubia/Sopron/blog-797233.html
Pannonhalmi AbbeyMonday July 15 Today I took a daytrip to Pannanhalmi Abbey. But first I started with my first inclusive breakfast at a hotel. What fun. The guy was nice and spoke to me in German. Being fluent in food German we had a good time of it. I chose the omelehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Western-Transdanubia/Pannonhalma/blog-797232.html
GyorSunday July 14 Today it was time to leave Budapest and start traveling again. I took the train to Gyor and went directly to the info office before I even checked into my guesthouse. I am crazy like that. As soon as I get some where. I am asking for ihttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Western-Transdanubia/Gyor/blog-797227.html
EsztergomFriday July 12 Today I got older. It happens. So I took myself to Esztergom to celebrate. Esztergom is a city outside of Budapest that has the largest church in Hungary a basilica. I got off the bus and wandered around a bit and then made my way towahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-797229.html
BudapestThursday July 11 2013 I had to get up at 450am today. I wanted to take the tram at 515am and thought I had planned it right until I got downstairs and discovered I was locked in. So I had to go get the sleeping reception guy and by the time he lehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/blog-796328.html
European City of Culture 2013Wednesday July 10 I got up early and took the bus at 830. We arrived at 940 and I had a 10 minute connection before the bus to Kosice. A guy asked me something but I told him I didnt speak Slovak. A girl translated and said he drives a minivan to https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Kosice-Region/Kosice/blog-796319.html
Levoca and Spis CastleMonday July 8 I am currently on the train to Spis Nova Ves and from there I will take the bus to Levoca if all goes well. My original plan consisted of me staying three nights here because I thought it might take me a day to get to Levoca then I wahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Presov-Region/Levoca/blog-796318.html
TrencinSunday July 7 Today did not start well. I got up at 630am after a night of terrible sleep. Bratislava is a party town for English bachelor parties and it was a Saturday night last night. I stayed in a girls dorm that had 6 beds and there were four ofhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Trencin-Region/Trencin/blog-795555.html
Europe's Youngest CapitalSaturday July 6 Another early morning. We had some breakfast and then made our way to the train station as our trains were leaving two minutes apart. Yvonne was off to raft with some friends and I was leaving for Bratislava which is only a little overhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/blog-795554.html
Punkva CaveR July 4 Our original plan for yesterday was to visit the Punkva cave but my guide book said that this tour can sell out weeks in advance in the summer and that we should call ahead. Luckily Yvonne had a friend who could do just that and found out thttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/blog-795553.html
AllamoatsTuesday July 2 Today we woke up quite early for a day trip to a town called Olomouc pronounced Ollamoats. Nothing in Czech sounds like it looks. We got a train there which took two hours. We had a compartment to ourselves which was really nice. A https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-795551.html
MendelM July 1 So today I began another trip. I must admit that I was having misgivings about this one. I never stay home and just relax which is something Ive always been bad at but desperately need. It would be great to spend time at home like a normalhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/South-Moravian-Region/Brno/blog-795545.html
The last day of vacationAugust 12 Today is my last day of vacation. I woke up early and talked to Jeroen and the kitties on skype. Then my mom called on skype and we talked for about two minutes before we started to argue about politics. I also called my grandma and chatted whttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Capital-Region/Managua/blog-736799.html
GranadaAugust 5 Today started like most recent days. Awake at 730am breakfast skype with Jeroen. I had to finish packing and then I got a taxi to the bus station a direct bus to Managua and then changed over to a bus to Granada. It was one of the buses thhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Granada/blog-736472.html
Isla de OmetepeAugust 9 Holy crap it39s hot. I got up at 7am thinking I would leave at 8am and get an early start to Ometepe. I repacked the rest of my things and had some granola for breakfast. I talked to Gerry while I ate and discovered that he bought a dog yhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Isla-de-Ometepe/blog-736551.html
LeonFriday I was up by 730am this morning and watched some of the Olympics again. I had breakfast in the courtyard just outside my door. It was a great bowl of fruit with a banana and two packages of Ritz crackers. The crackers were a strange addition buthttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Northern-Pacific-Coast/Leon/blog-734803.html
Inside the VolcanoDay 8 Rise and shine at 630am. Of course there was Skyr for breakfast we had to keep it in the car to keep it cool since there was no kitchen here. Then we packed up and packed the car and got ready for the shuttle to pick us up. We expected themhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-734111.html
On the moveDay 7 Today was a driving day. We were going from Akureyri to Reykjavik which would be at least five hours of driving without stops. We did plan a couple of stops in there to visit a place with old farm house longhouses a hot water spring where wathttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/blog-734110.html
Rock of AgesDay 6 Today we slept in a little bit and then chatted again with the Swiss family at breakfast. We packed up the car and headed out on our way to Akureyri the biggest town outside of Reykjavik. As we were leaving we saw another couple load their car https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/Akureyri/blog-734109.html
Lake Myvatn and Whale WatchingDay 4 Today we woke up to good weather again. Such a treat. We were told that this area has had sun for weeks and was actually too dry for the crops to grow properly. This was hard to imagine as we have had so much rain in such a little time but this https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/North/Myvatn/blog-734108.html
Icebergs and farmhousesDay 3 We woke up early today and had some breakfast I had Skyr of course with some museli. Then we got started on our day. We were heading out to Skalanes another farmhouse in the eastern fjords. But our first stop was very cool. We headed to thehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/East/blog-734107.html
Puffins and glaciersDay 2 Monday started out cloudy a common phenomenon here. We drove first to a place Jeroen wanted to see with a rock arch in the ocean. That was cool to see but even better was that from there we could actually walk quite close to where puffins werehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/blog-734105.html
The Golden CircleDay 1 We arrived in Reykjavik at 1145pm on Saturday night. It took a while for the luggage to come through and I got some cash at an ATM while Jeroen waited for the bags. Next stop was finding Fox Rent a Car operated by Atak car rental. Atak love ihttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Keflavik/blog-734104.html
Berlin stopoverJune 30 Getting thereJeoren and I had a hectic start to the day inevitable in any trip I take. We finished packing and saying good bye to the cats wondered if they would be ok in our hot apartment and whether or not the cat sitter really had agreedhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/Berlin/blog-734103.html
ManaguaAugust 2 So the sleeping thing did not really work out last night. When I tried to sleep at 930 I knew I could only get six hours of sleep at a maximum but I was still not tired enough so I just laid there for a while. Then the fan was just too lohttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Capital-Region/Managua/blog-734592.html
San Salvador revisitedAugust 1 Today I slept until 730am again and had a long skype call with Jeroen after breakfast. Then I went to try to find Carlos the guy who runs the guesthouse. I think he said last night that he would take me to the bus station today. The cleanihttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/Central/San-Salvador/blog-734347.html
Santa Ana and the volcanoJuly 29 I woke up at 6am again today. There seems to be no way around it. I skyped with Jeroen and called my grandma. I repacked which didn39t take long. I really spread out more when I have a private room. I tried to get a bus to the station like yehttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/Western/Santa-Ana/blog-734054.html
San SalvadorJuly 27 I didn39t sleep well at all last night even with earplugs. I guess it was because I knew I had to get up so early in the morning and I kept checking my watch for the time. At 4am I was up and I left just a few minutes too early. The taxi got https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/Central/San-Salvador/blog-733454.html
Leaving HondurasJuly 26 Not much to say about today. I didn39t sleep well got up at 445am and left at 545am to get a taxi to the ferry. The ferry was almost in the same place as the Carnival ship yesterday there was a new ship there today. The ferry left at 7ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Central/Tegucigalpa/blog-733453.html
RoatanJuly 23 I couldn39t manage it the relaxing. So not a good relaxer. I woke up at 630am and repacked emailed was sick etc. The usual morning routine. So I started taking the meds for my stomach. Then I headed upstairs at 730 for breakfast and the https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-733452.html
La CeibaJuly 22 I woke up today a bit later around 730. Unfortunately I had another bad belly this morning. Not great. But I had a nice skype call with Jeroen for two hours got to see my cats did some planning for the trip and washed a couple things. It wahttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Northern/La-Ceiba/blog-733451.html
Illegal residencySpoiler alert no pics for this one July 21 Well this was a day to remember. I woke up around 5am again when I heard someone from another room get up. I could hear rain all night it really rained hard on the metal roof. And after the rain ihttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/blog-733449.html
GuatemalaJuly 20 I woke up today at 5am when some people in nearby rooms were getting up and packing. The walls were paper thin and it sounded like they kept moving heavy furniture and dropping bowling balls. Nina woke up and took a shower and there was no way Ihttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Caribbean-Coast/Rio-Dulce/blog-733448.html
SailingJuly 17 Well the sailing trip was somewhat different than I thought it would be. I had to bring my big backpack to the dock at 8am to be packed up on the boat and then be back to sail at 9am. In the mean time I went back to my room and repacked my bag https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/blog-733447.html
LamanaiJuly 16 Today was a good day. I got up at 600am and had some cereal and then headed to the water taxi for the 700am boat. At the dock in Belize City I met Major Tom and the two other people on the tour with us Fran and Jim from Philly. We had to drivhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-District/blog-733446.html
Altun HaJuly 14 Sleep was better last night considering it was already 6am at home when I went to bed here at 10pm. I woke up around 6am and had some cereal and watched a couple episodes of My name is Earl. It is weird having a tv at all on my vacation but evehttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-District/blog-733444.html
Caye CaulkerJuly 13 Sadly the sleep was poor and we had to get up early. We had some breakfast and then my mom and I had to say goodbye on the shuttle back to the airport. My opinion of Delta changed today. When I got in I checked in at a kiosk had to wait only fhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/Caye-Caulker/blog-733443.html
BirthdayAtlanta stopover birthday funI have planned my second summer vacation for Central America and on my way there I had an extended layover in Atlanta. I flew from Zurich to Atlanta on my birthday. It was an early flight so I had to get up at 5am to gethttps://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Georgia/Atlanta/blog-733442.html
PragueAugust 5 Today was a good day. I woke up at 730am and decided to look for a new place to live for the rest of my time in Prague since I didn't sleep well. I looked at some places on the internet but realized all the good ones were far away and I was tirhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-521438.html
Kutna HoraAugust 6 Today began lazily. It was raining and I stayed in for a while to work on my blog which was useful. I decided that today I would take a tour of Kutna Hora a town about an hour away that is famous for its bone church. Normally I would just go ohttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Central-Bohemian-Region/Kutna-Hora/blog-521439.html
Border town and in betweenAugust 4 Woke up today early as usual. I saw Daria's mom before she left for work and she made me promise to eat some breakfast and to wake up Daria. I let her sleep but she work up early anyway. She made us some tortillas with cheese for breakfast thathttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Silesia/Cieszyn/blog-521297.html
Invited to a friend'sAugust 2 Today I left Krakow. A shame because I really like the town but I have a few more places I would like to go before I go home and I am starting to feel in the mood to go home. I woke up around 8am and went down to search for a hostel in Wroclahttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Silesia/Bielsko-Biala/blog-521286.html
KrakowJuly 28 I hate Krakow. Or at least I hate today. I did everything right and it still didn't work as planned. I got up at 445am because I can never sleep as late as I should when I know I have to get up early. It was ready in plenty of time to get the bhttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-519259.html
AuschwitzJuly 30 Started an early day today. I spent the morning on the walking tour of the old town and castle. The tour guide was very energetic and very cute. She has a lot of good stories to tell. The tour started at 11am and I had to leave as they got to thehttps://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-519997.html
Where I come fromJuly 31 This morning I had to get up at 7am in order to make the 842am train to Debica. I'm going there to visit the town where my great grandfather was born and to take pictures for my grandmother since she has never been to Poland. I left around 750https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/blog-519988.html